Season at a Glance

The entire cast of A Flea in Her Ear.

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August 2014: Mark Twain Abroad

This performance marks the first U.S. staging of Professor of Theatre Todd Wronski's one-man play, which premiered in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 2011. A compilation of the iconic American writer's written and spoken words, Mark Twain Abroad focuses on Twain's global travels and the pointed observations they produced.

Sunday, August 31 (8pm)Mathers Theatre, Holland Union Building

October 2014: Fiddler on the Roof

Fifty years ago, one of the world’s best-loved musicals made its Broadway premiere. Now, Fiddler on the Roof comes to the Mathers stage for the first time in a production that combines the energies of Dickinson's music, theatre and dance programs. The story of Tevye, a turn-of-the-century milkman, his five daughters and his Russian village was adapted from classic stories by Sholom Aleichem and enlivened by a remarkable score that includes "Sunrise, Sunset," "Tradition," "Matchmaker," and "Miracle of Miracles.”

“Exhuberant, touching, funny and wonderful” –The Associated Press

Friday, October 31 (8pm)Saturday, November 1 (8pm)Monday, November 3 (8pm)Tuesday, November 4 (8pm)

November 2014: Vox, Velocity and Vectors

The Dance Theatre Group (DTG), Dickinson College Choir and DICE join forces with Artists-in-Residence Relâche for an inter-arts performance featuring the music of Philip Glass and Meredith Monk and choreography by Christopher Williams of New York.

"[Relâche] is so at home in new gestures … that the music sounded simple, expressive, wryly descriptive and cheerfully edgy." –Philadelphia Inquirer"[Williams’] work is strange, twisted, and wonderful." –The New Yorker

Friday, November 21 (8pm)Saturday, November 22 (8pm)Sunday, November 23 (2pm)

December 2014: Freshman Plays

The Cubiculo Theatre, above the Carlisle Theater on High StreetFREE admission. (Seating is based on a first-come first-served basis.)

February 2015: Senior Projects

This is an opportunity for our Theatre and Dance seniors to put into practice all that they have learned in their four years at Dickinson College. Directors, dancers, actors, scenic and costuming artists will display their talents and skills during Senior Projects.

The House of Blue Leaves tells the story of Artie Shaughnessy, a zoo keeper turned musician struggling to take care of his schizophrenic wife. An evening of uproarious laughter and powerful drama.

Friday, February 20 (8pm)Saturday, February 21 (8pm)The Cubiculo Theatre, above the Carlisle Theater on High Street.FREE Admission. (Seating is on a first-come first-served basis.)

April 2015: Our Country's Good

In 1788 Australia's first penal colony opened sending criminals from Britain into exile for "our country's good." Timberlake Wertenbaker's play is based on Australian author Thomas Keneally’s novel The Playmaker, which in turn was based by a real production of The Recruiting Officer staged by convicts. It won the 1988 BBC Award for the Play of the Year and was the 1991 Tony's nominee for Best Play. This drama’s witty play-within-a-play presents a vibrant argument for the power of theater to transform, inspire and break down barriers of all kinds.

"One of the great plays of and about the theater..."(U.K.'s Sunday Express)

Friday, April 10 (8pm)Saturday, April 11 (8pm)Monday, April 13 (8pm)Tuesday, April 14 (8pm)

April 2015: Freshworks 2015

Student choreographers team up with the Dance Theatre Group (DTG), Dickinson's student dance company, to present a program of dynamic new dance works. DTG is under the direction of Professor Sarah Skaggs; Director of Dance.